Peoria man attacked by group of women

PEORIA — A 20-year-old North Valley man said he was jumped and stabbed Saturday morning by multiple women in the 2500 block of West Krause Avenue, according to a Peoria police report.

The man told police about 4 a.m. he was walking a woman he met through Facebook to her home in the Harrison Homes. After he hugged her and left, about 10 women appeared from an unknown direction and jumped him, repeatedly punching and kicking him, according to the report. He said that during the beating, someone stabbed him in the back with an unknown object.

The victim was unable to provide information about his attackers. He told police he probably was jumped for getting caught cheating with the girl he met through Facebook, according to the report.

The man was treated at UnityPoint Health-Methodist Medical Center for a minor laceration on his back, according to the report.